2008 Symposium
Agenda for the 14th Annual Life Support Operators Symposium, Baltimore, MD
Printable version of AgendaSunday, March 16th
9:00 - 4:00pm "Fybroc Facility Tour" - Gennaro D'Alterio, Met-Pro Corporation
1:00 - 5:00pm Pool Tournament - Edgar's
3:00 - 6:00pm Registration
6:00 - 8:00pm Ice Breaker / Vendor Interaction
Monday, March 17th
8:00 - 9:00am Registration / Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30am Welcome & 2008 Host Facility Spotlight - Love Ruddell, National Aquarium of Baltimore
9:30 - 10:00am Jill Arnold, National Aquarium of Baltimore
10:00 - 10:30am "Traveling Water Screens on Hippo Systems" - Andy Britland, Walt Disney World
10:30 - 11:00am Break / Vendor Interaction
11:00 - 12:00n "Panel Discussion on Filter Maintenance" - Gregg Case, Sea World Orlando; Joe Poniatowski, GA Aquarium; Bob Hawken, Neptune Benson
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch / Vendor Interaction
1:00 - 1:30pm Ozone in the LSS: Goals and Practical Management. Andy Aiken's
1:30 - 2:00pm "Denitrication" - Dr. Yossi Tal's, COMB Institute
2:00 - 3:00pm "Panel Discussion on Denitrication" with Stewart McDaniel, Waterlife Design Group, Dr. James M. Ebeling, Aquaculture Systems Technologies
3:00 - 3:30pm Break / Vendor Interaction
3:30 - 4:00pm "Monterey Bay Aquarium Upgrades" - Wayne Sperduto, Monterey Bay Aquarium
4:00 - 4:30pm "3D Imaging Follow-Up" - Chris Eccles
5:30 - 7:30pm "Vendor Interaction" Hosted by Fybroc and Asahi
Tuesday, March 18th
8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30am "Non-Chemical Technologies in the Treatment of Water" - Mickey Walsh, Applications Engineer, Fin-Tek Corporation
9:30 - 10:00am "Speece Cone" - Gregg Case, Sea World Orlando & Stewart McDaniel
10:00 - 10:30am "ABC of VFD's" - Derrick Hackleman, Abdou Barrow, EMA
10:30 - 11:00am Break / Vendor Interaction
11:00 - 12:00n "Valve Automation" - Leo Lester, Ashai Valves & Joe Poniatowski, GA Aquarium
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch / Vendor Interaction
1:00 - 2:00pm Business Meeting & Elections
2:00 - 2:30pm "LSS dynamic modeling software" - Stewart McDaniel, Waterlife Design Group
2:30 - 3:00pm "Certification Preparation Levels 1 & 2" - Kent Semmen, Kristen Mertens, Walt Disney World
3:00 - 3:30pm Break / Vendor Interaction
6:00 - 10:00pm Reception and touring at the Baltimore Aquarium
Wednesday, March 19th
8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30am "2009 Host Facility Spotlight" - Robert, Seattle Aquarium
9:30 - 10:00am "The West Edmonton Mall Marine Life Department" - Jill Leggett, Kim Pelechaty
10:00 - 10:30am "Use of multi-point sampling data to optimize a sulfur-limestone autotrophic denitrification (SLAD) reactor" - Dr. Alistair Dove, Eric Hall, Georgia Aquarium
10:30 - 11:00am Break
11:00 - 11:30am "Ozone System Preventive Maintenance" - David Johnson, Fin-Tek Corporation
11:30 - 12:00n "Carbon Filters" - Kristen Mertens, Walt Disney World
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 - 1:30pm "500 KW UPS"- Kit Killingsworth, Active Power
1:30 - 2:00pm "Everything that you wanted to know about Pumps but were afraid to ask" - George Tenhagen, Bush Gardens, Henry Johnson, Sea World Orlando
2:00 - 2:30pm Closing Remarks
2:30 - 3:00pm Break
3:00 - 4:30pm "Certification Testing Levels 1 & 2" - Kent Semmen, Kristen Mertens, Walt Disney World
6:00 - 9:00pm "AALSO Certification Banquet" - Maryland Suite
